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Feature Request: Possible to use napalm

Open davama opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

Hello,

Wondering if it is possible to instead of pull device interfaces from the device type, but from napalm in order to sync.

Hope this makes sense.

Thank you, Dave

davama avatar Feb 04 '22 16:02 davama

That's an interesting feature request that if implemented, but it sort of overlaps with ntc-netbox-plugin-onboarding.

I personally like this implementation because it allows me to keep my device in sync with the device-type model I defined. I rather not import sub interfaces, vlan interfaces, and loopbacks specific to a device since that may not be common for the device type/model.

That's not to say you could not do an implementation like what you are describing, that could only sync interfaces of a specific type (of your choosing), etc. I would just recommend an option to allow users to enable or disable the napalm function.

ryanmerolle avatar Mar 08 '22 13:03 ryanmerolle

Thank you for the reply @ryanmerolle

That's not to say you could not do an implementation like what you are describing, that could only sync interfaces of a specific type (of your choosing), etc. I would just recommend an option to allow users to enable or disable the napalm function.

That's exactly what I would prefer.

Just a comparison/sync with physical interfaces.

davama avatar Mar 08 '22 21:03 davama

I'm not the maintainer, but just a lurker.

The feature would likely require quite a bit of work compared to the current functionality in place.

ryanmerolle avatar Mar 08 '22 22:03 ryanmerolle